case "$THIS_SUB_DEPENDS" in
 XAW6) list_remove LIBXAW_OPTS "--disable-xaw6"
       list_add LIBXAW_OPTS "--enable-xaw6";;
 XAW7) list_remove LIBXAW_OPTS "--disable-xaw7" 
       list_add LIBXAW_OPTS "--enable-xaw7";;
 XAW8) true ;;
    *) message "${PROBLEM_COLOR}bogus sub_depends: $SPELL $THIS_SUB_DEPENDS${DEFAULT_COLOR}" ;
   return 1;;
esac

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